Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-23
THE TRICYCLE. TOUR.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold K. Lewis Have a
Pleasant Jaunt Through Europe.

Mr.. and Mrs Harold X. Lewis Have
Pleasant Jauut Through Europe.
Philadelphia Pres.
"Therc is Just one way To get the best
enjoyment possible out Of European
jaunt; make it on tricycle." said Harold
r Lewis last night, rs he sat smoking in
the elegantly appointed reception room OF
his fathers house, 1,5l4 North Fifteenth
Street.
Mr. Lewis and his wife had just arrived
from the other side after jaunt of more
than four mounths' duration. His face
had been tanned deep brown by sunshine
and ocean winds, and the light OF high
health was in his shining eyes. lie and
Mrs. Lewis incidentally to their trip CON-
pleted the longest single run ever made on
tricyle. Their record is ., 1871 miles.
Mr.. Lewis met Mr.. Pennel-whose
Italian notes in the Century Magazine have
attracted so,much notce-iu Westminster
Abbey on his way hack. Mr.. Pennel,
who, by the Why. used 10 live up In Ger
mantown, and is now sketching in London,
told Mr. Lewis that while all his runs
would probably aggregate more than those
made by the latter, the Italian tricycle.
journey taken by him and his wife in
Southern Europe, that was their longest,
was much shorter than that made by Mr..
and Mrs Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs Lewis left New York May
2S for Liverpool. They went by rail from
the latter city to Coventry, where they
purchased n tandem machine and began
their tricycle. tour. They went up by easy
stages To London, visiting by the way
KenilwOr;h, Warwick. Standardization,
Oxford, Windsor and Hampton Court
They spent ten days in London, making
nearly all their journeys from place to
place in the city on their tricycle.. They
then visited Winchester Southampton and
the Isle of Wight, and, crossing to Ports
mouth, went along the coast 10 Chichester,
Brighton and New Haven, where they TODD
steamer for Deppe, and thence went by
way of Rouen to Paris They spent ten
happy DAYS in the French capital, and then
went on TO Geneva, lnterlaken and
Lucerne. Then they went over to old st.
Gothard Pass, and, by way Of Lake Mag
giore and Lake Como, down TO Milan.
They came back along the right side Of
Como, and over the Spluegen Pass into
Switzerland again. Next they went for
the usual run down the Rhine, taking In
Strassburg, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg,
Mayence, Coblentz, Cologne and all the
rest of them From Cologne they wheeled
on into Holland, pushing far into the
North. where few tourists go. They cross-
ed the Zuyder Zee in boat, Of course
and ratified down the Peninsula to ADster.
dam. When they struck that quaint old
town they awoke to the fact that the rub
her on the wheels Of their machine had
worn clean down to the tire, and that the
Journey, delightful as il was. - had better
stop there They packed up their machine
and sent il to Liverpool by rail. They fol.
lowed il and have brought IL home with
them. They will have new rubber put on
the wheels and content themselves with
triflng runs Of thirty or forty miles round
about town.
Everywhere, Mr.. Lewis said, although
objects of curiosity to the natives, they
were politely treated, except in some parts
Of Southern Germany, where some Of the
peasants thought it funny TO rSake ironical
remarks.
In London they could find hut one hotel
in which they could find place for their
machine. Even then they had to put the
machine in hallway and take the proprie.
tors word that no one would disturb 10.
On the Continent there was no trouble OF
that sort, Mr.. Lewis having book issued
by the German Wheelmen's League giving
a list of hotels affording accommodation for
imam and wheel" Then there was a
Al
chine, in which were stored some twenty
seven pounds Of clothing and books. Amer
they left Paris Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis de-
pended on the carrier altogether, having
grown weary Of the annoyances incidental
to the forwarding Of trunks in Europe
The roads were very fair nearly every
where, and Mr.. and Mrs Lewis were
obliged TO walk only some fifteen miles.
bit at time, during the whole Of the
tricycle. trip. The maximum run for any
one day was made on the trip from Paris
whole Journey from Paris TO Geneva con-
sumed seven days. The cost ofthe journey
aside from the steamship charges averaged
s. so a day for both The hotels were not
ALWAYS what is called ''Hs.-class," but
Mr.. Lewis says that the cooking and ser.
vice were generally excellent. He had no
notion Of making an economical trip and
never stinted his expenditures. He met
very few wbeelmen on his journey.
Among those whom he did meet, however,
were party Of six young Americans max
ing a bicycle tour Of Germany.
One of the most interesting cream
stances in connection with the whole story,
Mr.. Lewis thinks, is that only some three
years ago his wife was confirmed invalid.
and scarcely permitted TO walk at all, and
was altogether forbidden to walk mp steps.
Yet on a part Of their trip through the
Bernese Overland, they rode up an ascent
that amounted to !. 100 feet in eight miles.
The Philadelphia Bicycle Club, Of which
Mr.. and Mr.. Lewis are members, are N
enthusiastic over the accomplishment Of
their feat that they are to give them re-
ception tonight at the club house.
Twenty-siIth and Perot Streets.